It's not even the 11th and it's already been a whole month...
So we've been declared the winners of the legal case with the car but now we have to wait until the 30th November to get the bailiffs involved and actually get our money back. So we're still without a car and relying on public transport.
I have my autism assessment in January which is a whole thing because of the travel involved. I'll have to travel on the 10th to be able to get to the appointment on the 11th at 10am and it also means a hotel stay so all tips and sub money are going towards that as the travel will be over £100, the hotel is £66 per night and we aren't sure yet if it'll be one or two nights stay - it depends on travel time.
We've started sorting the garden but jfc the cost of removal is stupid high since, y'know, we have no transport to get to the dump.
So yeah...there's my November so far. Tip me here and sub to me here or here it's all very appreciated!
"Good morning, my dear. I apologize for leaving without informing you, but I had an urgent matter to take care of. I am perfectly fine, but I might be gone for a day or two. I have left some money for you on the hall table. Please take care until I return."
It’s an exciting time for the Drops of Moonlight Zine!!
Despite production delays, the Contributor Shop is now finally officially open! We expect to keep the shop open until 11:59PM PST on December 14th, 2022 to allow contributors time to reserve their physical zine copy in exchange for a discounted donation. Contributors will receive an email from us with a password and discount code allowing them to access the contributor shop. If you are a contributor, please check your email for details about how to reserve your Zine cop(ies) and reach out to us ASAP if for whatever reason you did not receive an email.
Production:
A few more samples arrived! We have now received samples or bulk orders for our sticker sheets, pins, postcards, and origami paper. Unfortunately, one of the sample sticker sheets came out faulty and one of the pins in the wrong color, so we're getting that fixed now while we wait for other still-missing samples to come in.
However, those that have arrived the way we want them look great! We are very excited about them, and we will take product pictures ASAP and share those on our social media soon!
Regarding production delays, please keep in mind that there is an ongoing paper crisis in Europe and it fully explains some of the delay our vendors have. Since the beginning of our production phase, several vendors have pulled out – some because they went bankrupt, others because they have trouble serving the high demand brought on by the crisis – and others have raised their prices immensely due to the shortage. This affected both budgeting and production, quite obviously. Budgeting because, without definitive pricing we ran the risk of miscalculating individual costs (especially for contributors, who we are not charging any surplus for their donation and instead only the bare minimum of production cost we can afford). Production, because well, obviously, but also because the vendors we are still able to work with have long waiting lines for production and we – with our one-time-only limited edition and small order (from their viewpoint) – simply aren't a high priority or ‘important’ customer. This all amounts to what's happening: stuff has been going slow, but we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel growing steadily nearer. For our most important vendor (the physical zine itself) we have finally been allotted a production window, and are thus confident to now open the contributor shop. However, we are still waiting to receive a production slot for some smaller items.
Of course, with timing out of our hands due to reliance on vendor production schedules, we have been hesitant to make definitive statements of a delivery date when basically none of our vendors can give those to us. For consistency, we will be distributing all Zine bundles at the same time, so our digital supporters will not receive their copies until the physical bundles are shipped out. So we ask you please to be patient – we're impatient to release the Zine too, believe us.
However, please know that the project itself is NOT at risk. We are working hard to get everything finalized and ready to produce/ship out. Some of our items have already been produced and are waiting for you. It's just the question of WHEN we can go to print with the rest of the items.
Translations:
During the height of our translation phase, after extended submissions closed and everything trickled in, 3 of our original 5 English-to-Japanese translators pulled out due to valid life stuff (remember, everyone here is a volunteer) and they were not able to continue with the project.
With the review of more than 70 translated works falling on only 2.5 sets of shoulders, while we initially stayed on (delayed, please remember that we extended deadlines for you all) schedule because our translators overworked themselves like crazy, we are now lagging a bit behind because that pace simply wasn’t sustainable. Thankfully, one more person has volunteered to help, and so the translation team now has more support. We are working as fast as we can to get the translated text from all fics, essays, and doujin reviewed and ready to host on Ao3.
Communication and Layout:
We're still to this day missing a few documents and info from several people (summaries, titles, bios, etc). This is of course totally understandable – there are HUNDREDS of contributors and so this was bound to naturally happen – but after a LONG period of trying to get these from everyone and reviewing all emails and messages we have received to ensure we didn’t miss anything, we have now started to fill in the gaps ourselves where we can. However, the months of following up as well as hunting for missing information and finally writing up what we can on our own has taken a little time and delayed the lay outing of where all this info all needs to be.
However, we are THIS close to wrapping everything up in a tight bow with the project now finally close to the finish line, and are excited to share this update with you! Thank you all so much for your support and for your understanding and patience during this extended production phase. We know the delays are frustrating, and we are grateful for all of you who respect that we are balancing the completion of a massive multinational project with the lives and mental health of our volunteers. Though it may not always feel like it, please know that our moderators and translation team are working very hard to finish this special project and bring your Zine bundle to you as quickly as we can.
Please keep an eye out for those sample photos to be shared on our social media, and we hope to bring you another update soon!
There’s too much going on, and I’ll take on a huge lot of work soon (that’s my chance to finally change my life for better and I’m scared af but very excited at the same time), but first I have to finish several other things that are due december, so… I’ve got a lot of work already.
And — it doesn’t help at all, because I’m experiencing FOMO about it — all my fav kpop groups decided to make a comebak rn. Like, they literally making releases one after another and I have no time to fully enjoy each one of them ㅠㅠ
But still, if you didn’t know about Omega X — I highly recommend to check their last album (honestly my fav track is Louder, I loved it even more than Junk food): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P-hTDnRfvsI
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I’ve seen Stray Kids comeback today and it’s SLAY — I wish I could learn a choreo! And Ateez are next, though I don’t know when exactly, but I’ve seen a teaser today…
And I don’t even want to think about k and thai dramas… I waited for the Middleman’s Love for several months now — and I HAVE NO TIME TO WATCH IT!!
So… that’s it, and now I’ll return to the task I had to finish today (I have no chance to do it on time)
☼ fluff ☽ smut ☁︎ suggestive (17+) ⛈ dark content (18+) full masterlist
note: fem! and gn! labels are given based on the use of pronouns and anatomy; fem! fics use 'she/her' or labels such as 'girl' as well as explicit afab anatomy, GN! has no use of gendered pronouns or labels and anatomy is ambigious
mike has a thing for recording ☽ GN!
matt is obsessed with you, and bad at hiding it ☁︎ fem!
mike is a grumpy bf ☼ fem!
mike w an impulsive and nosy gf at freddy's ☼ fem!
phone sex w mike snippet ☁︎ GN!
mike is just a bit of a perv ☁︎ fem!
mike tries to keep quiet but you feel too good ☽ fem!
abby matches up you, her new teacher, and mike ☼ GN!
mike can be a bit of a brat tamer when needed ☁︎ fem!
slightly brat!tamer mike will make you participate ☁︎ fem!
mike needs you to keep him awake at work ☽ fem!
mike trick or treats against his will ☼ fem!
mike is too shy to ask for it (he's obvious about it) ☽ GN!
dad!mike's first halloween with a newborn ☼ fem!
dad!mike aka ultra dilf ☼ GN!
flirting with mike as a playboy bunny ☁︎ fem!
mike eats it from the back ☽ fem!
accidental couples costumes ends w bathroom fucks ☽ fem!
mike who goes "you still with me" ☽ fem!
mike goes cross eyed when he's about to cum ☽ fem!
mike won’t just let you shower ☽ fem!
more than friends w vanessa, and mike is a third ☁︎ fem!
mike whimpering in your ear while fucking you ☽ fem!
mike sees how good you are with kids and gets inspired ☽ fem!
giving mike road head ☽ fem!
trying to get mike to fuck you on your period ☽ GN!
being mikes cutesy 00's gf ☼ fem!
more mike and his 2000s girlfriend ☼ fem!
riding mikes nose ☽ fem!
sharing abby's blanket fort with mike ☼ GN!
mike insisting that showering together will save money ☽ fem!
mike has a wet dream next to you ☁︎ GN!
morning cuddling sex with mike ☽ fem!
vanessa eats mikes cum out of you ☽ fem!
mike has always wanted to be a dad ☼ fem!
mike "doesn't want a relationship" ☁︎ GN!
mike holding your hand during sex ☽ fem!
the comforting weight of mikes dick in your mouth ☽ GN!
getting a drawing of abby's tattooed ☼ GN!
mike "wear whatever you want, i can fight" schmidt ☼ GN!
“I ain’t seen it yet! [stutters] Well I— these days you can’t work out what’s fucking AI and what ain’t, do you know what I mean, so I’m looking at it like ‘is that the thing or not?!’ but I’m sure it looks great! I’m sure it looks great!”
-Louis commenting on if he’s seen Harry’s new haircut. (23 November 2023)
So far 2,856..Yesterday all Seashore. This chapter is long.
for @carolrain, @jamilas-pen, @stargazer56 and @a-noble-dragon who wanted updates...no sure if I've posted it before but you are getting the beginning anyway.
David admires his brand new black nail polish sitting outside with Patrick. Patrick’s sporting his own fresh set of indigo nails. They sit side by side in pool chairs, David on his own pool chair time, thank you very much. The sun is making it’s way across the horizon marking a new day. It’s incorrect to be up this early, but man does he love the view.
“It’s so pretty here.” Patrick hums. He’s got his little pen and pad, and he’s making a list of everything they might need at the outlet mall.
“You’re pretty here.” David’s words come out all wrong.
the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.
and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.
about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:
"mumbo, is the moon... big?"
suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.
this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.
and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?
the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.
and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.
but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.
(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)
(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)